Tag: Ekiti Guber
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Oni begins legal battle to challenge Ekiti governorship election
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship candidate in the June 18 gubernatorial election held in Ekiti State, Engr. Segun Oni has begun legal battle to challenge the victory of Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress(APC).
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Ekiti: Buhari congratulates Oyebanji, says victory well deserved
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Biodun Oyebanji, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), over his electoral victory in Saturday’s Ekiti State gubernatorial election, describing the victory as well deserved. The president, in a congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Sunday in Abuja, He urged Oyebanji to be magnanimous in…
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ADC candidate decries electoral process in Ekiti guber poll
Dr. Wole Oluyede, the Governorship candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADC), has condemned the conduct of the ongoing governorship election in the Ikere-Ekiti area of Ekiti, describing it as a shamble. Oluyede disclosed this in his country home, Ikere-Ekiti, on Saturday that the election was “opaque and vulnerable to manipulation and characterised by many…
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PWDs threaten to sue INEC if excluded from electoral process
Persons With Disabilities, (PWDs) have threatened to sue INEC if they are not included in the electoral process of Ekiti governorship election, slated to take place june 18. They are also demanding that INEC and other stakeholders create accessible voting points and necessary facilities that would ensure their improved participation in the electioneering process seamlessly.
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Ekiti Guber Race: Stakeholders raise alarm, say plot to sell PDP to APC real
Ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, Primary in Ekiti State to pick its flag earlier in the forthcoming governorship poll in the State, stakeholders in the three Senatorial Districts raised alarm alleging that plot to sell PDP to APC is real The critical stakeholders kicked against the Composition of its Ward Congresses Committee headed by…
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Ekiti guber: APC picks Egbeyemi as Fayemi’s running mate
The Former Executive Chairman of Ado-Ekiti Local Government in Ekiti State, Adebisi Adegboyega Egbeyemi, has been nominated as the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State. Egbeyemi was picked as the candidate after party leaders met for long hours to consider who is best suited to pair with former Governor…
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Ekiti Guber: Adeyeye’s defection to APC won’t affect PDP’s chances – Fayose
Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti says the defection of former Minister of State for Works, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye from the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not affect the party’s fortune in the forthcoming governorship elections scheduled to hold on July 14, 2018. The governor made the disclosure in a…
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Ekiti guber: INEC announces May 15 deadline for submission of candidates’ names
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given all the political parties for the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State May 15 deadline to submit the names of their candidates and their running mates. The National Organising Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Col. Austin Akobundu (retd.), stated this while handing over the nomination…